The risk factors for radial artery and saphenous vein graft occlusion are different.

To determine risk factors for radial artery and saphenous vein graft occlusion during long-term follow-up after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). From a cohort of 119 patients who had received a radial artery graft, 76 - of whom 55 also had at least one saphenous vein graft - underwent a preplanned direct angiography and anthropometric, biochemical, and endothelial function assessment 7.6-12.

Direct angiography demonstrates equal 8-12 years patency rates of radial artery and saphenous vein grafts.

The benefits of coronary artery bypass surgery depend on lasting graft patency. To aid rational graft selection, the relative long-term merits of radial artery and saphenous vein grafts need to be determined by a gold standard method and with minimal clinically driven selection bias. The patency rates of various conduits were determined by direct angiography in 76 patients from a cohort of 119 undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting 7.

Replacement of dehydroepiandrosterone in adrenal failure: no benefit for subjective health status and sexuality in a 9-month, randomized, parallel group clinical trial.

The physiological role of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is not well understood, but studies suggest positive effects on subjective health and bone metabolism. We have conducted a clinical trial with DHEA replacement in adrenal failure with the primary aim of evaluating effects on subjective health status and sexuality. Thirty-nine women with adrenal failure were randomized to 9 months of treatment with 25 mg DHEA (n = 19) or placebo (n = 20).